1.3
-----------------------------------------------------------
- cleaned up animation
- fixed footstep #GetTerrainType so now it should properly play it while hes running
-----------------------------------------------------------
Download 1.3 here: http://www.mediafire.com/?9p45mbob1v5171t

1.2
-----------------------------------------------------------
- fixed and completed the running animation
- two new and final attack animations
- more texture work
- tweaked .effects for the staff and projectile
------------------------------------------------------------
Download 1.2 here: http://www.mediafire.com/?lfb2ml5lp8rn5q9

Note: that he still needs Texture touches and some animation tweaks, specially the ''stiff'' running clip, try him out in practice before doing
anything with him in a real game, don't want to and won't take blame for any crashes, freezes or anything along those lines.
Note#2: You may not change the model and its content without the author's permission.

That being said, have fun with it (:

Sordak

02-26-2011, 12:28 PM

as said its pretty darn good, walk on the running and attack animation and it should be good.

TAKE THAT S2! better than your ****ing stupid alt avatar contest!

Vexium

02-26-2011, 12:30 PM

omg lol that's awesome

Yurixy

02-26-2011, 12:39 PM

Looks fantastic! Nice map there too! You made it all alone?
Pretty good job dood!

Hulian

02-26-2011, 12:41 PM

Awesome ult animation and what a freakin nice map :D

Strider

02-26-2011, 12:56 PM

Thanks guys :)

Looks fantastic! Nice map there too! You made it all alone?

Yeah made it myself, as well as most of the assets you saw in the video.

Zues

02-26-2011, 01:04 PM

****ing awesome map and model stridey :3

Suck it s2, Strider doesn't need you to make his alt avatar ideas!

AVX

02-26-2011, 01:16 PM

Great work!

But it needs cup holders! :3

KLIM

02-26-2011, 01:25 PM

Amazing job, really. The map is just way to cool. Thumbs up, and keep going!

IVaCH

02-26-2011, 03:24 PM

Awesome!

SpArTaNN

02-26-2011, 05:00 PM

loved that map you have there!

HaseoThePKK

02-26-2011, 05:59 PM

Wow really nice job man, looks like you're trying to go for like a dungeon siege type map. Great model though

`IMNICE

02-27-2011, 07:02 AM

Good Job. I Liked :)

rSeaL

02-27-2011, 09:56 AM

Nice :3 Excellent model

DDestroyer

02-27-2011, 10:28 AM

LOL Wtf? :D

Strider

02-27-2011, 10:38 AM

Wow really nice job man, looks like you're trying to go for like a dungeon siege type map. Great model though

Next time I'll be sure to video it on a flat terrain ;P
Jokes aside, the map itself is a simple test course for various models, light source effects and animations - however, you might see something like that in the future as a sp/mp mod map from me and a friend of mine.

Shame really, HoN and its engine are capable of so much more than some people may think.

LOL Wtf? :D

Excuse me ?

Tzaa

02-27-2011, 10:54 AM

Love it ! *melts*

adminope

02-27-2011, 11:14 AM

great

Hypercaine

02-27-2011, 12:39 PM

Is there anyway we can try this map out? :D It looks really damn sexy

ShammySham

02-28-2011, 02:28 AM

Raptor VJ? That's pretty bizarre, but it looks awesome. :D

MaxGhost

02-28-2011, 07:38 AM

Man, that ult animation is friggen lol. Twirling his stick around. That's awesome.
Another good thing you could do to test out animations is put the movespeed at maximum and see if it still looks good.

Strider

03-01-2011, 09:44 AM

Man, that ult animation is friggen lol. Twirling his stick around. That's awesome.
Another good thing you could do to test out animations is put the movespeed at maximum and see if it still looks good.

Yeah already did in blender and K2, the running anim isn't perfect, I'll work on it later this week as well as focusing on polishing the animation more.
After that I think I'll change the staff effect a bit, throw in some refraction effect or something along those lines.

Nice update.
Are you using blender? I'm trying to learn it. I want to make a new model too :)
If above is true, are you using the 2.5 blender?

Ty!

Strider

03-01-2011, 11:22 AM

Nice update.
Are you using blender? I'm trying to learn it. I want to make a new model too :)
If above is true, are you using the 2.5 blender?

Ty!

I have both, the 2.5 and the 2.49b, but I used the 2.49, its a bit more stable and has some functions that 2.5 doesn't yet.

Yurixy

03-01-2011, 11:40 AM

I have both, the 2.5 and the 2.49b, but I used the 2.49, its a bit more stable and has some functions that 2.5 doesn't yet.
Ok. Thx for the info.
I'm checking some tutorials here of blender... maybe in the future I can create a model for hon ^^

LOLWTF

03-01-2011, 01:27 PM

Lol, you're better than S2.
You should release maps, or like theme remakes of forests of caldavar.
Would be very awesome! :D

superdeluxxe

03-01-2011, 03:03 PM

I was under the impression that this model was exported from somewhere. With the 1.1 update this 100% has my download. Great job amigo

Minz

03-02-2011, 04:43 AM

Amazing, great work bro.

Strider

03-04-2011, 02:16 PM

1.2
----------------------------------------
- fixed and completed the running animation
- two new and final attack animation
- more texture work
- tweaked .effects for the staff and projectile
---------------------------------------
Download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?lfb2ml5lp8rn5q9

Would be cool if this was a new hero and not alt. Map and the hero rocks! Great Job Strider!

raeque

03-04-2011, 07:56 PM

S2 give this man a job. awesome!

Qulith

03-04-2011, 08:03 PM

Bumping for awesomeness

AVX

03-04-2011, 08:13 PM

Epic games give this man a job. awesome!

fixed it for you. :3

Ryper7

03-04-2011, 11:12 PM

wow really great job man. S2 should so implement this as an alt avatar :P, and give this guy a job.

Xanares

03-05-2011, 02:26 AM

Damn, that's sexy. Awesome job, bro!

Gelash

03-05-2011, 09:31 PM

Good job!

This should be an alt avatar.

Supercheese

03-06-2011, 12:32 AM

Wow, that's really good! +1 Internet for you, sir.

03-06-2011, 12:54 AM

OMGH this is 2 good amazing map and models

xFamous

03-06-2011, 01:45 AM

Why Strider not S2 worker? He is so badass.

Pixologic

03-06-2011, 03:36 AM

Oh dude this is so freakin sick! The model and the map!

I am also trying to learn blender's animation (because i use zbrush models so i dont need to use blender for that) but it's so f****g confusing, i dont know what's happening there, tutorials in youtube are the worst (for blender)... if you have any tip to give me i would really appreciate it...

Keep up the good job!

Myzzrym

03-06-2011, 05:09 AM

What impress me the most is the quality of the map. I was like... Wait, that is HoN? Holy crap.

Murlox

03-06-2011, 07:38 AM

My jaw dropped

xFamous

03-06-2011, 09:16 AM

What impress me the most is the quality of the map. I was like... Wait, that is HoN? Holy crap.
Same thing.. :blac:

Denis

03-06-2011, 10:22 AM

Amazing work you got there, sir!

C00LBeans

03-07-2011, 05:53 AM

Wow at that map and the model is awesome too.

I didnt know HoNs graphics were capable of that, they really need to make maps that show off the graphics more.

an7hraxjax

03-07-2011, 10:32 AM

Woot nice model and map !
I <3 raptors !
If you're making a single player map, I can try to make some AI if you like. Makes the NPCs less static :)

Strider

03-10-2011, 02:11 PM

1.3 'Final'
----------------------
- cleaned up animation
- fixed footstep #GetTerrainType so now it should properly play it while the running
---------------------
Download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?9p45mbob1v5171t

Oh dude this is so freakin sick! The model and the map!

I am also trying to learn blender's animation (because i use zbrush models so i dont need to use blender for that) but it's so f****g confusing, i dont know what's happening there, tutorials in youtube are the worst (for blender)... if you have any tip to give me i would really appreciate it...

Keep up the good job!

Sorry for a late reply, had exams :/

Where I learned most things about blender is on their offical website, IMO you should start from the beginning and get used to the User interface, the first hour or two will be a bit confusing but when you get what does what and where is it, its pretty simple to use.

You also might want to watch this tutorial, its taken from the 2.5 build but the principle stays the same and explains almost everything you need to know on how to rig a character pretty well : http://www.blendercookie.com/2010/05/13/game-enginecharacter-part-1/

My jaw dropped
Excellent !

What impress me the most is the quality of the map. I was like... Wait, that is HoN? Holy crap.
Yeah, HoN and K2 are capable way more when it comes the visuals, however there comes the question on how much you can actually put in without hindering performance.

LOLWTF

03-10-2011, 02:30 PM

Thanks a bunch again! You are far too good at this to be making free mods for us losers rofl.

ShammySham

03-19-2011, 02:09 AM

Awesome model, definitely should be an alt avatar.

caml

03-19-2011, 03:15 AM

I have no idea why this didn't make into the final selection stage of the alt avatar contest. The moment i saw it, i was like omg great idea then stupid ideas like a generic female scout make it through. Good luck with this, try sending it to an s2 employee, i mean the model right there is as high quality as any other alt avatar that has been released, and the animations like the ulti look amazing. Also the 1.3 download from mediafire doesn't seem to be working for me. Any suggestions?

OMGWTF

03-19-2011, 03:19 AM

absolutely mesmerizing

Drezbie

03-19-2011, 02:34 PM

Amaying dude i like it and alreadz downloaded it

Murloc

03-19-2011, 03:55 PM

Awesome, I would definitely use this in my map (when custom games comes out somewhere in 2015). Did you make the map in the video with the beta map editor??

FORUMACCOUNT

03-19-2011, 04:42 PM

I thank you for the raptor jester.

MorryJr

03-25-2011, 03:26 AM

Fantastic <3

Wasassin

03-30-2011, 12:43 PM

sweet model thumbs up

JarJar

03-31-2011, 02:17 PM

Awesome. Stunning. Amazing. The quality of work coming from users never ceases to amaze me.

Ekamo

04-04-2011, 02:04 PM

It should be an indian witch doctor riding that dino. Would really fit.

Lucian01

04-05-2011, 03:20 AM

Very cute little raptor, although the skill icons didn't work for me. Console said the file type wasn't recognized.

edit: omg its so cute :)

kawaaaai! <3

EontheWolf

05-17-2011, 11:35 PM

Just curious...Any possibility of a .honmod file? It would make managing and updating SO much easier ^^;
EDIT: Love the skin. Just one tiny complaint....The staff goes through your hand during the ult instead of around it xD Just thought I'd mention that...Dunno if there's anything you can do bout it but still...Great model, and the only thing I can think of that's left short of new voice work or spell effects is to try and make any animations you have a bit more fluid, if they aren't already. Like walking. It's fine, great even....but a lil bob of the head (I didnt notice a significant bob, although I may have just missed it) would add more 'life' to the model/skin, considering what it's a skin/model of xD

nebu

05-18-2011, 12:53 PM

some months passed but still pure AWESOMENESS !!!!!!
if they had a like button here i would use it !!

MAAATE

05-19-2011, 02:42 AM

I demand dinosaur models for every hero on the roster.

obstacle_1

05-24-2011, 02:30 AM

I`d fart coins for that

Strider

05-24-2011, 03:26 AM

Thanks guys !

I might rework the staff in near future, atm its too plain for my liking,
Something like this, although still getting ideas together:

http://i53.tinypic.com/2558bi0.jpg

Just curious...Any possibility of a .honmod file? It would make managing and updating SO much easier ^^;

I Preffer the ol' fashion way with .s2z's. It does the job and a tad more simpler for me.

I`d fart coins for that

Or you could save your coins and download it for free.

startrees

05-24-2011, 07:29 AM

I like it, not fantastic

Rean

05-24-2011, 08:55 AM

Thanks guys !

I might rework the staff in near future, atm its too plain for my liking,
Something like this, although still getting ideas together:

http://i53.tinypic.com/2558bi0.jpg

I Preffer the ol' fashion way with .s2z's. It does the job and a tad more simpler for me.

Or you could save your coins and download it for free.
i have a collection of staffs from land of chaos online. can search for few good ones if you wish

Strider

05-24-2011, 12:52 PM

i have a collection of staffs from land of chaos online. can search for few good ones if you wish

I appreciate the offer, but I rather make my own models (:

Rean

05-24-2011, 03:11 PM

<3..

sticko

05-24-2011, 06:40 PM

Love that awsome Swinger V-Raptor

Techies

05-25-2011, 10:50 AM

Still think this should be in vanilla HoN

Lhune

06-22-2011, 09:35 AM

Such a shame that this isn't an official model. I would love to show the awesome raptor to everyone I'm playing with, it definitely deserves to be seen! Keep up the awesome work, I may actually try my hand at doing some models for HoN as well if I can find the time :).

Such a shame that this isn't an official model. I would love to show the awesome raptor to everyone I'm playing with, it definitely deserves to be seen! Keep up the awesome work, I may actually try my hand at doing some models for HoN as well if I can find the time :).

Much appreciated (: , and yeah definitly look in 3D modeling, its pretty rewarding seeing something come to life be it in animation or a game and gives you a chance to do some pretty cool stuff.

As for the raptor, he'll stay in modding section, available for everybody who wants to try him out.

Zoan

06-25-2011, 03:56 PM

well, i think its kinda gay , just my opinion but well good job , keep that work bro

Dumt

07-17-2011, 07:36 AM

This is a nice comment about this custom skin model.
What?
Just sayin' (>^.^<)!

Banhammerr

07-17-2011, 10:54 PM

It is really nice but raptors holding a staff/wand with those little hands look really weird to me.

Something that could be improved on is the movement animation. This is probably a little much but things like the raptor turn animation could involve its body to curve. This would make it look so advanced and realistic.

Noob_Nugget

08-10-2011, 04:39 AM

just remember this, there are people who appreciate your work.

kerespup

08-25-2011, 06:46 PM

The Raptor itself is amazing, but what really struck me was the detail of the environment in that video of the Raptor.

@-@ It's spectacular.

Rean

01-13-2012, 12:04 PM

bumping jsut for the sake of awesomeness

Jeroz

02-27-2012, 05:38 PM

Congratulations Strider!!

oberbreit

02-27-2012, 07:05 PM

grats ^.^

simena

02-27-2012, 08:35 PM

I've been a fan of Strider before it was cool.

Btw, the rain weather effect, he got it implemented too.

Mediocre

02-28-2012, 07:01 AM

Gj, inb4 s2 steals this.

Paddi2k5

03-03-2012, 06:36 AM

it looks cool, but there are suggestions which are far superior...

FlyingKebab

03-04-2012, 03:24 AM

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG BRO YOU JUST GOT S2'd yes yes they stole it ;/

Strider

03-04-2012, 06:10 AM

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG BRO YOU JUST GOT S2'd yes yes they stole it ;/

Nope.

FlyingKebab

03-04-2012, 08:19 AM

Whata you mean by nop? D: Its on the message of the day if S2 loses 15 times we get voodoo raptor

D0ri

03-04-2012, 08:25 AM

He probably got credit for it / allowed S2 to use it. Dur.

ReDsKiN

03-05-2012, 12:02 AM

Congrats for the model going official!

03-05-2012, 06:14 PM

So strider... who got the idea for the raptor?!
You or S2?
Anyways, congrats for the job done!

Lucian01

03-06-2012, 02:13 AM

Whata you mean by nop? D: Its on the message of the day if S2 loses 15 times we get voodoo raptor
Getting a cut from the sales wasn't part of the deal I guess.

lolz0rable

05-14-2012, 09:06 AM

Can you make this model to replace only alt voodoo raptor in game pls, because i want to play with original model but when i pick alt skin voodoo raptor prefer this one instead of s2 raptor ? Thx